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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, |915 El. l W93 Patented June 20, 1916.

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`SIMON SEGAL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SIMON SEGAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

eXact description. of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to shoes and more particularly to adetachable upper for shoes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an upper which can bedetachably secured to the permanent upper of a low cut shoe, whereby totransform the latter into a high'shoe, a low shoe with an ornamentaledging around the top, and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will besimple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, ef-

cient and reliable in application, and well' adapted to the purpose forwhich it is designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Inthe accompanying drawings'z-Figure 1 is a side `elevation of a low cutshoe constructed in accordance with this invention, showing a portioncut away to illustrate the fastening elements carried thereby; Fig. 2 isa similar view of an ornamental edging applied to a low cut shoe whenthe latter is to be worn as a commonly called pump; Fig. 3 is a similarview showing the applica tion of a detachable upper to an ordinary pumpto transform the latter into a high shoe; Fig. 4 is a similar viewShowing the application of a detachable upper to an ordinary pumptransforming the latter into a low cut shoe of the commonly called 0X-ford type, a portion of the shoe being cut away to illustrate a modifiedform of fastening element carried by'the shoe; Fig. 5 is a sectionalview taken on the line v5--5 of Fig.

3; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the hookscarried by the detachable upper; and Fig. 7 is an inner face view of aportion of the detachable upper showing the. arrangement of the hooksthereon. I

Referring more particularly to the draw- Specication of Letterslatent.Patqntigd ,1I ump @im 119116',

Application filed October 4, 1915. l

Serial No. 54,010.

ings, 1 represents the permanent upper Vof a A low cut shoe. covering 2and the lining 3 of the'permanent upper 1 along the top edge of thelatter, is afV series of metal plates 4, said plates 4 extend- DisposedAbetween the outer` ing completely around the upper and-each".l

having its ends contacting with the' 4adjacent ones. The plates 4 are'provided 'with integral pins extending outwardly through apertures 6 inthe outer covering 2 ofv the upper l, said pins 5 having heads 7 attheir outer ends for a purpose to be described.

In. Fig. 2 of the drawings a' detachable upper in the form of anornamental edging .8 is shown applied to the type of low cut of hooks 9,the latter being substantially U- shaped in construction and havingtheir open sides disposed upwardly, the arms 10 thereof being providedon their inner edges with shoulders l1. Carried by the hooks 9 areapertured ears 12 through which pass a thread 13 or any otherl suitableelement for securing said hooks to the edging 8. These hooks 9 areadapted to cooperate with the pins 5 carried by the permanent upper 1,whereby to detachably connect the edging 8 to the latter, the pins 5being forcedbeyond the shoulders 11 on the arms 10 of the hooks 9 andheld locked by the resiliency of said arms, and the heads 7 of the pins5 being disposed between the arms 1,0 and the inner side of the edging8.

\In Figs. 3 and 4 the hooks 9 are shown- `secured to detachable uppers14 to 'transform an ordinary pump type of low cut shoe intorespectively'` a high shoe and an oxford type of low shoe.

The longitudinal axes of the hooks 9 are arranged perpendicular to thelower edge of the detachable upper or edging 8 with the exception of theforemost ones which are disposed obliquely, as'clearly illustrated inFig. 7 of the drawings. This arrangement, in addition to holding theedging down in proper position, also provides a means for pulling thesameforwardly to prevent wrinkles and unevenness'.

Instead of mounting each pin 5 on an in dependent plate 4 as hereinbefore described, the former may be carried by a continuous stripofmetal 15 as shown in Fig. 4, This strip 15 also acts as a reinforcementfor the upper edge of the permanent upper 1.

Although the invention is shown applied to an ordinary pump it can beequally applied to any s tyleof shoe, and :may be used t0 atta@h uppersof various materials and colors as well as style and shape.

Various changes in form and proportion may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of this invention, and hence I do f not ywishto be limited to theA construction herein described other than set forthin the,y

completely around ysaid upper, said plates being disposed along theupper edge of the latter and each `contacting with the adjacent ones,andheaded pins extending outwardly fromsaid platesjthmugh saidapertures, of

a removable upper having a series of U- shaped hooks arranged along itslower edge and secured to the inner side thereof, the openisides of saidhooksbeing disposed upwardly for coperation'with said pins.

2. The combination with a shoe having a permanent upper, andA a seriesof headed pins projecting outwardly from said upper, said pins beingarranged along the upper edge of the latter, of a -removable upperharing a plurality of U-shaped hooks arranged 'along its lower edge andsecured to the inner side thereof, the open sides of said hooks beingdisposed upwardly for cooperation with said pins, the longitudinal axesof the foremost hooks being disposed obliquely to the lower edge of thedetachable upper,- and the longitudinal axes of the others beingperpendicular to the lower edge ofthe detachable upper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SIMON SEGAL.

-Witnesses Entrano A. 'l`noMAs, NATHAN SEGAL.

